Mining firm executive abducted in Tawi-Tawi

ISABELA CITY, Basilan: Troops have been deployed to track down the whereabouts of a mining firm executive abducted in the nearby province of Tawi-Tawi. The Tawi-Tawi Provincial Police Office identified the victim as Nonong Garcia, a mining firm finance officer based in that province. The police said Garcia was seized around 11 pm on Sunday at Beach Side Inn in Barangay Sumandagit, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. Investigation showed Garcia was asleep when four gunmen clad in fatigue uniforms and bonnet masks barged in and seized the victim. Further investigation showed that the suspects forced Garcia to board in one of two motorized bancas that sped towards the municipality of Languyan, Tawi-Tawi.